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Choosing Slavery Over Freedom

Dear Friends, It seems to me, it is a lot of work to forge a bunch of chains, raise a band of evil men, charge into a village, kill most of the people, enslave the rest and force march them … Continue reading

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Liberty Enforced by Regulation

Dear Friends, It seems to me, to seek freedom by regulation, is like trying to breathe underwater. So many modern intellectuals foster the inane notion, more regulation will attain more freedom, it has become a meme. The Black Lives Matter … Continue reading

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Government’s War on Charity

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the new class seeks a government monopoly on thought, morality and culture, and so will not tolerate competition from civic organizations. Civic organizations have existed since the founding of the US and before. They … Continue reading

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The Coefficient of Opportunity

Dear friends, It seems to me, interest rates should be a reflection of the coefficient of opportunity in an economy, not some random arbitrary level set by an elitist brainiac. Speaking of elitist brainiacs, Janet Yellen will be making her … Continue reading

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Pandora’s Box

Dear Friends, It seems to me, North Korea has become the example for despots the world over to emulate, with their in your face nuclear and missile programs. Unlike Bashar Assad, Kim Jong Un is untouchable, unassaulted, unassailable and undamaged … Continue reading

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Why there is so much money in politics

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the perennial question in politics is, what comes first the money in politics or the corruption? That question misses the point however, if the power of the state hadn’t grown to the magnitude and … Continue reading

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Freedom Must be Defended

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the moment opinion is met with death threats, there is tyranny in the land. Donald Trump, who is not my first choice for President, recently said we should stop all Muslim immigration to the … Continue reading

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NATO, Turkey, War Crimes and Acts of War

Dear Friends, It seems to me, a bar fight is usually started by the smallest person in the bar, Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian plane is no exception. I have heard it called little man disease, when a short … Continue reading

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Actions have Consequences

Dear Friends, It seems to me, actions have consequences, both individual and collective, some immediate and some delayed, but they all have consequences. Government actions, (collective actions) however produce a special kind of consequence. Of all the entities that have … Continue reading

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Open Government

Dear Friends, It seems to me, when government works in the dark, someone is going to stub his toe. The US government more and more hides even it’s most mundane workings from the public. There are obviously grievous examples such … Continue reading

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